South Philadelphian Mia Concepcion recently became Philadelphia’s Youth Poet Laureate, a position with a city-wide platform, mentoring, performance opportunities, and stipend. Poetry started as a hobby for Mia. This...
It’s well documented that Philadelphia is a patchwork of neighborhoods, people, resources, and needs. An enduring challenge for nonprofits and the people who run them is figuring out how to bridge...
Have you ever wondered if there was some small thing you could do for your neighbors if you got to know them well enough—and if there was something they could...
When AmeriCorps grant coordinator Tanza Pugliese nominated Andrew Dalke for YouthBuild USA’s Outstanding AmeriCorps Member Spirit of Service Award, she had no doubts about the connection Dalke had to the...
Since its creation in 2016, Urban Consulate has helped facilitate conversations in across the country on how to create better communities. On a cool summer evening at Philadelphia’s placid Cherry...
Sonalee Rashatwar (who uses she/her or they/them pronouns), a “superfat queer bisexual non-binary therapist,” brings their identity to the job every day as clinical social worker, sex therapist, adjunct lecturer,...
Philadelphia artist Maureen Drdak has pioneered a process that no-one else in the world is using, through her work in a Nepali family’s atelier, which dates back almost 500 years—but...
Visual artist Hank Willis Thomas recently spoke at length about the inspiration behind his mixed media work and his philosophy as a creator at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts....
There’s a lot of noise coming from the kindergarten classrooms at John B. Kelly Elementary School in Germantown. That’s because “Mr. A” and “Mr. B” are visiting--and they’re making reading...
The DeSean Jackson Foundation hosted a free football camp for kids ages five through 14 and it served as a reminder of the importance for successful people to give back....